The England captain will not care about his critics but his performance against France was a reminder of his qualities
Hard as everyone else has been on Owen Farrell these past few weeks, you had best believe that they weren’t nearly as tough as he was on himself. Not that it makes much difference to him what anyone else says about how he is playing. There are not many sportspeople who hold such obvious disdain for other people’s views, and beyond a small circle of his coaches and a handful of trusted teammates, the only opinion Farrell really seems to value is his own. His teammates talk with awe about the standards he sets in training, the demands he makes on himself and everyone else. You guess he’s been pitiless this past fortnight. And it paid off.
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